Contemporary Archive
Blood on the Harvest Moon by Stella and Audra Price
Closed Published by Scarlet February 10th, 2008 in Paranormal, Contemporary, Romance Reviews
Author: Stella and Audra Price
Price: Free
Length: Short Story
Temperature-Gauge: Warm
Enjoy-O-Meter: 4 out of 5
Danica has been warned to stay away from the old oak tree at the end of her grandmother’s estate. An innocent, but with a defiant spirit, she normally rejects her grandmother’s advice. Not so with the oak tree. For years she avoids going near it.
One day a young boy appears. She sees him sporadically and […]
Across a Crowded Room by Tom Knutson and Cara Preston
Closed Published by Scarlet July 15th, 2007 in Uncategorized, Contemporary, Romance Reviews
Author: Tom Knutson and Cara Preston
Length: Anthology
Temperature-Gauge: No Explicit Sex
Enjoy-O-Meter: 4 out of 5
Across a Crowded Room by Tom Knutson and Cara Preston is a slightly different take on romantic poetry. Together they form a him and her stimulus/response/action/reaction sort of flow to a variety of topics of interest to new lovers.
This ying and yang flow gives a nice balance of his and her perspectives. My favorite of […]
Feel My Heart by Barbara Harrison
Closed Published by Dutchess June 10th, 2007 in Paranormal, Suspense, Romance, Contemporary, Romance Reviews
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ISBN: 1-60168-013-9
Publisher: Aspen Mountain Press
Price: 5.99
Length: Novel
Temperature-Gauge: Hot
Enjoy-O-Meter: 5 out of 5
FEEL MY HEART by Barbara Harrison is a Romantic Suspense with paranormal elements. Set in Wyoming in a small town, where historically there has been a land and history feud between the Montgomery’s and the Dancer’s. Jessie Montgomery, the town’s librarian and Alex “Spirit” Dancer, are bound together by heart but fear togetherness from history.
Jessie […]
The Earl’s Enchantment by Sara Freeze
Closed Published by Scarlet June 7th, 2007 in Paranormal, Historical, Contemporary, Romance Reviews
Author: Sara Freeze
Buy the Book: The Earl's Enchantment
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Price: 3.00
Length: Short Story
Temperature-Gauge: No Explicit Sex
Enjoy-O-Meter: 4 out of 5
Caitlyn has left America after the end of a disasterous relationship. Armed with faith and good-will, she takes a position at a book store located within Hogarth castle. Working as a clerk, she meets Adrian, the castle’s ghost.
One evening as they work recording the store’s inventory, she hears his tale of how he was cursed […]
Super Hero by Diane Merlin
Closed Published by Scarlet June 7th, 2007 in Science Fiction, Contemporary, Romance Reviews
Author: Diane Merlin
Length: Novella
Temperature-Gauge: Hot
Enjoy-O-Meter: 3 out of 5
Chloe Bridges is delayed in Okinawa due to a terrorist attack in Japan. When inspectors search her luggage they find several vials and sound the alert, detaining Chloe as a potential terrorist. No matter how hard she tries, the fear as well as the language barrier keep her captors from understanding the vials contain vital […]
Full Moon Rising by Lia Connor
Closed Published by Sarine April 14th, 2007 in Erotica, Paranormal, BDSM, Menage, Contemporary, Romance Reviews
Buy the Book: Full Moon Rising
ISBN: 1-59596-255-7
Publisher: Changeling Press
Price: 3.99
Length: Novella
Temperature-Gauge: Boiling Over
Enjoy-O-Meter: 4 out of 5
The second offering from Ms Connor’s Pack series finds Amber’s power having grown strong enough to walk as a human underneath the full moon. Her alpha has no choice but to cast her out of the Pack.
Headed to Las Vegas where she can ply her magic for good, not evil, life hands our heroine what […]
Bet Me by Lucynda Storey
Closed Published by TeraCuskaden April 8th, 2007 in Paranormal, Romance, Contemporary, Romance Reviews
Author: Lucynda Storey
Buy the Book: Bet Me
ISBN: 978-1-60168-019-8
Publisher: Aspen Mountain Press
Price: $1.99
Length: Short Story
Temperature-Gauge: Boiling Over
Enjoy-O-Meter: 4 out of 5
When Sylvia and Lea meet up with their friends, Travis and Brad, at the bar one evening, they weren’t expecting things to turn out quite the way they did. After a conversation regarding what a woman wants, a game of Truth or Dare and poker ensues. But will the four be able to pay the […]
Reunion by Kimberly Zant
Closed Published by Scarlet March 23rd, 2007 in Erotica, Romance, Contemporary
Author: Kimberly Zant
Buy the Book: Reunion
ISBN: 1-58608-815-7
Publisher: New Concepts Publishing
Price: 3.50
Temperature-Gauge: Hot
Enjoy-O-Meter: 4 out of 5
When Carrie receives an invitation to her fifteenth high school reunion, she’s sure she’s not going to go. Yet the invitation sits like a beacon on her hall table, calling to her, tormenting her to go, especially to see the first boy she ever fell hard for, Heath Bardsley.
When she finally makes travel arrangements to […]
Becoming a Mistress by Destiny Blaine
Closed Published by Sarine March 11th, 2007 in Romance, Contemporary
Author: Destiny Blaine
Buy the Book: Becoming a Mistress
ISBN: 0-979 1570-4-8
Publisher: Mardi Gras Publishing
Price: 2.99
Length: Short Story
Temperature-Gauge: Warm
Enjoy-O-Meter: 4 out of 5
Hope Taylor is a strong, independent woman. Newly graduated and getting ready to start her new life, she’s settling in and remodeling.
Mike Shannon is an established surgeon and drop dead gorgeous. Only problem is, along with a fantastic career and sexy car, he also has a wife.
Becoming a Mistress is a fast enjoyable read that […]
One Night by Aline de Chevigny
Closed Published by Sarine February 24th, 2007 in Romance, Contemporary
Author: Aline de Chevigny
Buy the Book: One Night
Publisher: Forbidden Publications
Price: 5.99
Length: Novel
Temperature-Gauge: Warm
Enjoy-O-Meter: 3 out of 5
Tabetha Chartrand is trying to forget it’s supposed to be her wedding day. A one night stand with the extremely sexy Darren Cartier seems like the perfect diversion. The infamous ladies’ man is exactly what she needs to feel alive and desired again, but she won’t be treated like just one more conquest.
Darren has never […]
Blood Red by Aline de Chevigny
Closed Published by Scarlet February 19th, 2007 in Paranormal, Romance, Contemporary
Author: Aline de Chevigny
Buy the Book: Blood Red
ISBN: 1-934055-68-9
Publisher: Silk's Vault Publishing
Price: $3.00
Length: Short Story
Temperature-Gauge: Warm
Enjoy-O-Meter: 3 out of 5
Mikael de Wohlf desires Annabella Micelli enough to hold those same desires in check. Instead, he has contented himself to have Bella as his personal assistant and has done so for the past six years.
Stubborn Bella desires the handsome vampire but a generally cautious respect for his power has helped her fight her need; that […]
Don’t Spank the Vamp by C J England
Closed Published by Athena February 10th, 2007 in Erotica, Paranormal, Romance, Contemporary
Author: CJ England
Buy the Book: Don't Spank the Vamp
ISBN: 0-9789024-7-5
Publisher: Mardi Gras Publishing
Price: 3.99
Length: Novella
Temperature-Gauge: Boiling Over
Enjoy-O-Meter: 3 out of 5
It is talented sculptress Dawn Birmingham’s birthday and her best friends want to give her something that will perk up her love life. Little do they know exactly how successful they will be when they take the birthday girl to adult toy store Don’t Spank the Vamp.
Co-owner of the store Aithne gives a reading and […]